My pumpkins have taken off
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
Rockingham, Australia
February 7, 2026 2:01am CST
On 10 December I wrote about planting out a punnet of butternut pumpkins. Nearly two months later and you can see how well the plants are doing. They have flowers on them but I don’t see any evidence of little fruits yet.
Sometimes plants put all their energy into their foliage and forget about producing flowers and fruit. I hope that doesn’t happen here. I’m holding my breath that my efforts haven’t been wasted.
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
7 Feb
Hope you'll get fruits and lots of them.
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@Deepizzaguy (122067)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Feb
I wish you the best of good luck that your butternut pumpkins do produce flowers and fruit..
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
7 Feb
I think your plants will do quite well. Be patient.
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@Orson_Kart (8250)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb
I’ve never considered growing pumpkins. I don’t eat them and don’t make Halloween lanterns, so no need. They made headline news here last year when farmers crops failed because of the weather. I believe they need a long hot growing season with plenty of rain. We are having plenty of rain now, but not in the summer when it was required. In fact we had a drought last year. Flooding in places now!
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Feb
I've heard a bit about the flooding. If all these produce pumpkins, I'll need to give a heap away. That will give me some brownie points maybe. 
@FourWalls (86568)
• United States
7 Feb
I hope they sprout for you and we have lovely photos of a garden full of them soon!
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
7 Feb
Squash are weird plants at times... I hope yours grow a lot of them for you.
Mom always had butternut squash and also grew pumpkins in our garden on the farm... I will eat a small amount of raw pumpkin but absolutely dislike them cooked.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
9 Feb
@JudyEv I don't like the mouth-feel of cooked squash or pumpkins.
They taste like another vegetable when they're raw. (Kinda like a cucumber grown too close to watermelons or cantaloupes.)
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
8 Feb
I’m thinking of growing pumpkins so I will be watching with interest
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Feb
They are easy to grow. At least I've never had any trouble with them although last year I bought a miniature one which didn't do very well.
